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23 February 2021  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF ARRANGEMENTS AND PROGRESS IN THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT OF CATEGORY C DESIGNATIONS  
COMMUNICATION FROM CAMBODIA  
The following communication, dated  19 February 2021,  is being circulated at t he request of the 
delegation of Cambodia . 
 
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Cambodia  hereby notifies information on the arrangements concluded and progress made in the 
provision of technical assistance and capacity building support of the following categor y C 
designations, in response to Article 16 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement.  
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 1.4 Notification  C 31 December 2018  To be determined  
Donor s: To be determined  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
Currently, the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) has published information on 
importation, exportation, and transit procedure  on Customs website . However, we do not have the website of 
NCTF yet as NCTF has been recently established by Sub -Decree  No.18 dated 26 February 2020.  At the 
meantime, Cambodia  has a National Trade Repository website , which  is not regularly updated  and need to be 
improved . 
TACB support needs include:  
TACB  and Financial assistance  are needed on how to prepare this kind of notification . 
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 7.1 Pre-arrival Processing  C 31 December 2019  To be determined  
Donor s: ARISE Plus Cambodia  on preparing the procedures. Financial and Technical assistance on 
development pre -arrival processing system is needed to be determined . 
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
ARISE Plus Cambodia has only provided technical assistance in preparing Pre-arrival Processing procedures . 
The instruction  has been established on 05 Aug 2019 . However,  the system  is not yet developed and required 
financial  and technical  assistance from De velopment partners.  
GDCE  has identified the  need to  enhance the ICT infrastructure within ASYCUDA World to facilitate pre -arrival 
processing activity . 
TACB support needs include:  
TACB  and Financial assistance  is needed on development of pre -arrival processing system.  
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  Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 7.7 Trade Facilitation 
Measures for 
Authorized Operators  C 31 December 2020  To be determined  
Donor s: Japan  International Cooperation Agency (JICA)  and ARISE Plus Cambodia  have expressed an 
interest in assisting the preparation of  the procedure to implement the AEO Program.  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
GDCE has implemented  the Best Trader Mechanism  successfully which is a basic platform . GDCE need to 
develop  Authorized Operators Program including procedures and legislative supports as well as  the facilit ies. 
TACB support needs include:  
Financial assistance is needed to develop the ITC infrastructure.  
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 8.2 Border Agency 
Cooperation  C 31 December 2022  To be determined  
Donor s: To be determined  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
To be determined  
TACB support needs include:  
TACB is needed to strengthen customs agency 's capacity under the new mandate as a single border agency 
at the border.  
TACB is needed for pilot project on establishment of single stop inspection.  
TACB is needed for capacity building to all border agencies on TFA . 
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 10.4 Single Window  C 31 December 2022  To be determined  
Donor s: To be determined  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
The National Single Window (NSW) has been implementing to allow traders to submit electronic 
license/permit/certificate/others (e -LPCO) for import/export since July 2019. NSW is connected to customs 
clearance system ASYCUDA, which has operated since 2008. Implementing NSW is a step -by-step approach . 
During Phase I, Customs clearance system (ASYCUDA) was connected with e -CO System of the Ministry of 
Commerce in order to  link to ASEAN Single Window through ASEAN Gateway ; Phase II  is the initial 
implementation , which  covered among five inter-ministerial agencies including General Department of 
Customs and Excise (GDCE), Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Council Development of Ca mbodia (CDC), Ministry 
of Health (MOH),  and Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) . 
Moreover, Cambodia has implemented ASEAN Single Window (ASW) for exchanging electronic documents 
with ASEAN Member states including Certificate of Origin e -Form D since  July 2019 and ASEAN Customs 
Declaration Document (ACDD) since December 2020.  
TACB support needs include:  
However, NSW is looking forward to improve  the existing system and expanding to Other Regulatory 
Government Agencies.  Financial and Technical Assistance is needed to fully implement NSW.  
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  Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
Article 11.5 Freedom of Transit  C 31 December 2022  To be determined  
Donor s: To be determined  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
To be determined  
TACB support needs include:  
The physically separate  infrastructure such as lanes, berths and similar for traffic in transit  is limited and need 
financial and technical assistance to fully implement this provision . 
 
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